Cavs Win Yesterday...

Cleat Eastwood
Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
edited August 2012 in Pro race
filmed by robbie Mc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Utw-6yG ... _embedded#!
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  • brookter
    brookter Posts: 51
    I enjoyed that...

    Comments on the video saying both that it was fixed and that Cavendish had broken the fix by winning when it should be McEwan's turn as it was his last race.

    Any comments from those who are more knowledgable than me?
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Great quality on the vid. Cav getting half a wheel ahead when it mattered. Looks like he has put Saturday behind him quickly. Good result for Robbie as well.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Well McEwan clearly going from too far out there, honestly was he trying to loose or something?! ;) :P
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,691
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?

    They're not real races.

    They're shows for the spectators (who are often paying for the privilege).
    _
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They're not real races.

    A bit like LBL. :wink:
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?

    They're not real races.

    They're shows for the spectators (who are often paying for the privilege).


    But doesn't everyone know that?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,691
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?

    They're not real races.

    They're shows for the spectators (who are often paying for the privilege).


    But doesn't everyone know that?

    Yeah?

    If you want to watch them race, go watch a race.

    In cycling, by and large, when you watch in person you can't really tell if they're going 90% or 100%. It's just bloody fast. Nor does the fact they're really racing or just riding around fast putting on a show really tell, since you're only rooted to one spot where they wizz by you anyway.

    What's interesting is actually seeing them up close. They're ridiculously impressive. You then also get a big chance to get autographs, photos with them, and get up close and personal to the heroes you saw on the Tour.


    Having seen them up close a few times now, I can just believe that people fell for those ridiculously embellished newspaper stories before radios. Up close they almost seem kinda super-human - and you'd never know how the race panned out - only that their physiques match those heroic stories.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?

    They're not real races.

    They're shows for the spectators (who are often paying for the privilege).


    But doesn't everyone know that?
    Yes, they do. They also know that James Bond will save the world and get the girl - but it doesn't stop them enjoying themselves. Crits are an opportunity to see the stars put on a show and get drunk.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    And for Cavendish to make €60K.

    Wiggins would probably get a fair bit more change than that at the moment.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    iainf72 wrote:
    And for Cavendish to make €60K.

    Wiggins would probably get a fair bit more change than that at the moment.


    We need some folks to shell out for crits in the UK.


    And please don't make the obvious Olympic joke...
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Timoid. wrote:
    We need some folks to shell out for crits in the UK.

    They have the Nocturne races. They're crits.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,326
    Timoid. wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    And for Cavendish to make €60K.

    Wiggins would probably get a fair bit more change than that at the moment.


    We need some folks to shell out for crits in the UK.


    And please don't make the obvious Olympic joke...

    Ahem. Nobody called crits chippers.

    I'd bloody love it if riders had to have one of those cams on when they raced, how scary would it be watching some of the descents? Would be awesome to have a helmet cam in a bunch sprint as well.
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    And for Cavendish to make €60K.

    Wiggins would probably get a fair bit more change than that at the moment.


    We need some folks to shell out for crits in the UK.


    And please don't make the obvious Olympic joke...

    Ahem. Nobody called crits chippers.

    I'd bloody love it if riders had to have one of those cams on when they raced, how scary would it be watching some of the descents? Would be awesome to have a helmet cam in a bunch sprint as well.

    I think they were talking about that at some point on eurosport during the TdF. maybe the French broadcast boss was pushing for it?
  • VeloPeloton
    VeloPeloton Posts: 72
    He won again this evening near Pau. Critérium de Lacq Audéjos. Fixed or not it was great fun to watch. 42 laps of a 1.6km circuit, you got to see the race twice each lap. €100,000 was put up by Total ELF, owners of the oil and gas refinery in the town.

    lacq-july-2012-8644.jpg
    1: Cavendish
    2: Bohanni
    3: Roy
    4: Zubeldia
    5: Roche
    6: Martinez
    7: Roland
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  • gattocattivo
    gattocattivo Posts: 500
    FWIW I would be happy to do crits at Hog Hill and/or Hillingdon for <£60K. In fact for just ten thousand British pounds, I guarantee to delight the crowds by drifting in somewhere between 12th and 20th without ever threatening to win.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Fantastic! These two wins make up for his rubbish season so far! :wink:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,540
    RichN95 wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Was a post Tour crit no?

    If so, the result should have been decided before the race.


    Why?

    They're not real races.

    They're shows for the spectators (who are often paying for the privilege).


    But doesn't everyone know that?
    Yes, they do. They also know that James Bond will save the world and get the girl - but it doesn't stop them enjoying themselves. Crits are an opportunity to see the stars put on a show and get drunk.

    I'd rather see them get drunk before they put on the show - well worth the money!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FYI, Froome's girlfriend is very much a fan of Vino.

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    They were both riding in a crit in south of France. Froome 'won'.

    Michelle Cound ‏@michellecound
    The man with his gold #legend vino :)
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    She is hot, even if she is probably hard work.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    aafjyl

    LMAO :)
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    what Vino has on his jersey is definitely going to be removed by the IOC. They stopped Pascal Richard from having the rings on his jersey in 1996 so I can't see how Vino will get to use this top even privately
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Great vid. Can't believe they raced them on such shitty roads....

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